East Sussex Church Monuments - 1530 to 1830 - Archive of Photographs
by Professor Nigel Llewellyn

(120) HAMSEY, St. Peter


120B Wall monument for Dame Rebecca BRIDGER, d. 1803

-  Nave, East wall, North-East corner, at head height.

-  124(W) x 236(H)~Good.

-  Under earlier arch; M.I. on white marble rectangular tablet; chamfered corners and red hardstone border; flanking, grey marble decorated panels within dark grey Doric half columns; above, a decorated frieze; on cornice, an achievement and a metal helm (painted); below, a grey marble plinth and white consoles.

-  Dame Rebecca Bridger, d. 25 Dec 1803, aet 79; heiress of John Elliot, Esq., of Croydon, Surrey; and wife of Sir John Bridger, of Combe, Hamsey, d. 15 Dec 1816, aet 83.